Cases
Experience: Complex civil defense: Representation of a major insurance company in class action
Florida Attorney General Investigation.
Representation of a major securities firm in a class action alleging yield burning.
Defense
investigation of complex financial crimes: Representation of financial institutions
corporations in sensitive federal
state investigations, including investigations by the Department of Justice, the SEC, the Florida Attorney General's Office
the Florida Department of Banking
Finance.
Environmental investigations: Representation of a national engineering firm in criminal environmental investigation, involving alleged Clean Water Act violations.
Representation of a national home builder in investigations conducted by the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office into building practices in South Florida
by the Florida Attorney General into waste disposal practices.
Defended manufacturer of military aircraft engines in a criminal environmental investigation.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations: Representation of an international engineering firm in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation by SEC
DOJ. The investigation focused on the company's securing
bidding on engineering contracts in Qatar
Morocco. Obtained a declination from DOJ
the second ever FCPA Deferred Prosecution Agreement from the SEC.
Representation of an international bank in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation.
Health care fraud
abuse issues: Representation of a manufacturer of artificial hips
knees in a healthcare fraud investigation.
Representation of a CEO of a major hospital in healthcare investigation.
Representation of several health care clients in investigations by the federal government
local agencies.
Defended national distributor of diabetes supplies in a Medicare investigation.
Internal investigations: Representation of a securities firm in an internal investigation into misuse of information from overseas competitor's computer systems to price derivatives.
Representation of a publicly traded restaurant franchisor into potential accounting issues.
International business litigation: Representation of directors of a major international bank in investigation by foreign government into alleged misuse of government funds.
Other Criminal defense: Co-counsel in defense of William Kennedy Smith in a highly publicized sexual battery trial that resulted in an acquittal.
Securities litigation: Representation of a national securities firm in a criminal investigation jointly conducted by the United States Attorney's Office
the SEC into the sale of public limited partnerships.
White collar crime defense: Representation of a major engineering firm in an investigation into alleged illegal campaign contributions
government contracts issues.
Representation of a cell phone tower builder in an FBI investigation into misappropriation of competitor's information.
Representation of a major engineering firm in investigation concerning potential lobbying violations.
Representation of Atlanta public schools in an investigation involving E-Rate funds.
